TELANGANA STATISTICAL NEWS LETTER

DIRECTORATE OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICSTELANGANA STATE

TSNLOctober- Decemberber : 2015 Issue : 2

Release of 1st TSNL by Sri. Etala Rejender Hon’ble Minister for Finance & Planning

Government of Telangana

A Word from Director

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(Dr.V.Subramanyam)

Director

Minor Irrigation Census which has been conducted on quinquennial basis

The department has taken up 10th Census of Land Holdings in

AGRICULTURE LAND HOLDINGS IN TELANGANA STATE- AN OVERVIEW

Agriculture plays a vital role in India’s economy. Over 58 per cent of the rural

households depend on agriculture as their principal means of livelihood. Agriculture, along with

fisheries and forestry, is one of the largest contributors to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

As per estimates by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the share of agriculture and allied

sectors (including agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishery) was 16.1 per cent of the Gross

Value Added (GVA) during 2014–15 at 2011–12 prices. During Q1of FY2016, agriculture and

allied sectors grew 1.9 per cent year-on-year and contributed 14.2 per cent of GVA.

Agriculture in Telangana State has gained considerable attention after formation of the

State. The flagship programme of the Government to improve the Irrigation Potential through

Mission Kakatiya in Telangana State has given substantial importance in the country. The basic

objective of this programme is to increase the Crop Area under Irrigation through Tanks and as

such to reduce the cost of cultivation. Agriculture Census forms part of a broader system of

collection of Agricultural Statistics in the country. It is a large-scale statistical operation for

collection and derivation of quantitative information about the structure of agricultural

holdings in the country. The first countrywide comprehensive Agriculture Census was

organized by the Ministry of Agriculture with Agricultural year 1970-71 as the reference period

as part of the 1970 World Agriculture Census Programme, which was followed by successive

Agriculture Censuses with reference years 1976-77, 1980-81, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1995-96,

2000-01, 2005-06 and 2010-11. The 10th Agriculture Census has been planned to be

conducted in the country with 2015-16 as the reference period. The actual fieldwork for data

collection on various characteristics of agricultural operational holdings relating to the

reference year would commence from 1st July, 2016. It would be the tenth Agriculture Census

in the country.

An operational holding is a techno-economic unit used wholly or partly for agricultural

production and is operated (directed or managed) by one person alone, or with assistance of

others, without regard to the title, size and location. As distinct from household ownership

holding, which is restricted to area owned by one or more members of the household,

operational holding encompasses all land either owned, leased in or otherwise possessed,

under physical possession of the techno-economic unit. A unit with more or less independent

technical resources for agricultural operations like land, agricultural equipment and machinery,

draught animals, etc. was considered to be an operational holding if some agricultural

production was carried out on any part of the land under its possession during the reference

period. .

The data pertaining to Operational Holdings, Area operated, Ownership of holdings and

other important characteristics for the State of Telangana have been culled out from the data

of Andhra Pradesh and an attempt has been made to analyze the trend of land holdings of

various categories in Telangana.

AGRICULTURE LAND HOLDINGS IN TELANGANA STATE - AN OVERVIEW

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AGRICULTURE HOLDINGS AND OPERATED AREA INTELANGANA STATE

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land to the weaker section of population is one of the flagship programme. The Agriculture Holdings

groups

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(in lakhs)

Area(in lakhHect.)

AverageSize

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the proportion of area operated by this category farmers has increased from 8.80% to

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RELEASE OF PUBLICATION

HIGHLIGHTS OF AGRICULTURE SITUATION IN TELANGANA STATE DURING THE

YEAR 2014-15

State received an average annual rainfall of 682.1 mm showing 20% deficit over the normal rainfall of 905.3mm

Gross Area Sown in the State is

33.55 Lakh Hectares

Net Area Sown

in the State is

43.77 Lakh Hectares

Gross Area Irrigated in the State is 25.29 Lakh Hectares

Area under food grains in the State is 26.13 Lakh Hectares

Production of food grains in the State has been estimated as 72.18 Lakh Tonnes

S.No. ItemArea

(in Lakh Hectares )

Production( in Lakh Tones)

Rice

Wheat

Jowar

Bajra

Ragi

Maize

Bengalgram

Redgram

Greengram

Blackgram

Horsegram

Cowgram

Total Food grains

14.15

0.06

0.79

0.11

0.02

6.92

0.59

2.21

0.88

0.28

0.02

0.10

26.13

45.45

0.07

0.83

0.11

0.02

23.08

0.81

1.09

0.45

0.16

0.01

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